AN EMPLOYEE OF THE TOWN OF HINGHAM stepped forward this week to say he wrote an anonymous letter mailed to the three members of the Board of Selectmen earlier this […]
Bruce Mohl
Bruce Mohl oversees the production of content and edits reports, along with carrying out his own reporting with a particular focus on transportation, energy, and climate issues.
He previously worked at the Boston Globe, where he spent nearly 30 years in a wide variety of positions covering business and politics. He covered the Massachusetts State House and served as the Globe’s State House bureau chief in the late 1980s. He also reported for the Globe’s Spotlight Team, winning a Loeb award in 1992 for coverage of conflicts of interest in the state’s pension system. He served as the Globe’s political editor in 1994 and went on to cover consumer issues for the newspaper.
Bruce is a graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.
Posted inGambling
Gaming Commission backs fantasy sports regulation
THE FIVE MEMBERS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS GAMING COMMISSION said on Thursday that they believe fantasy sports games should be regulated by the state, but added that more research is needed […]
Posted inPolitics, The Back Story
Beacon Hill’s snail pace of action
Procrastinating is a way of life on Beacon Hill. Almost 10 months into the first year of a two-year legislative session, there has been a lot of talk but very […]
Posted inPolitics
Carbon fee supporters turn out in force
SUPPORTERS OF A STATE-IMPOSED FEE on carbon emissions turned out in droves on Tuesday at a State House legislative hearing. No one, at least during the first few hours of […]
Posted inEnvironment, The Back Story
Solar fight getting nasty
THE FIGHT OVER SOLAR POWER incentives is coming to a head on Beacon Hill, and it’s getting nasty. Earlier this week, the leaders of six major business groups across the […]
Posted inEnvironment
Mass. wins top spot on energy efficiency scorecard
MASSACHUSETTS ON WEDNESDAY WON THE TOP SPOT in the 2015 state energy efficiency scorecard for the fifth year in a row. Vermont, Rhode Island, and Connecticut were all in the […]
Posted inGambling
Wynn turns ire on Chinese officials
BOSTON MAYOR MARTY WALSH isn’t the only public official driving Steve Wynn to distraction. The Las Vegas businessman told financial analysts on Thursday that Chinese government officials are threatening to […]
Posted inEnvironment, The Back Story
Q&A: Sorting out solar
It seems like solar power was going great guns under former governor Deval Patrick, but now everyone is fighting about it. What’s going on? Solar did do phenomenally well under […]
Posted inEnvironment
Pilgrim shifts Beacon Hill energy debate
THE LOOMING SHUTDOWN of Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth is quickly transforming the debate about energy on Beacon Hill, moving it out of the policy-wonk arena and into the […]
Posted inEnvironment
What Pilgrim decision says about energy market
NO MATTER WHERE YOU STAND on nuclear power, the thought process behind Entergy Corp.’s decision to shut down its reactor in Plymouth reveals a lot about the energy market in […]
Posted inPolitics
All bases covered at ML Strategies
(Updated October 20, 2015. A correction was added to the chart of leading lobbying firms.) Photographs by Frank Curran IT WAS CRUNCH TIME in the battle for a Greater Boston casino […]
Posted inEducation
Rich-poor divide in high school sports
EACH YEAR, the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association compiles athletic participation data from public, charter, and parochial high schools across the state. In nine out of the past 10 years, the […]
Posted inTransportation
The T’s chief tweeter
When did you start at the T and where did you come from? I started in November 2011. I came from outside the authority. I had just gotten my masters […]
Posted inEducation
Share your stories on the opportunity/sports gap
ONE OF THE GREATEST JOYS of my life has been watching my son play sports. Over the years, he’s played soccer, lacrosse, baseball, and basketball on organized teams, and football, […]
Posted inGambling
Wynn’s challenge beyond Massachusetts
WYNN RESORTS, facing a series of legal and regulatory challenges to its proposed $1.7 billion casino in Everett, is also facing financial challenges as a company. The Las Vegas firm’s […]
Posted inHealth Care
Baker one of the experts consulted by Health Policy Commission
THE STATE’S HEALTH POLICY COMMISSION on Monday began taking testimony from a variety of experts on health care cost trends, and one of them was Gov. Charlie Baker. Baker, the […]
Posted inGambling
Boston, Somerville slam Baker on casino
THE CITIES OF BOSTON AND SOMERVILLE are claiming in court documents that the Baker administration violated state laws in awarding an environmental certificate to Wynn Resorts for its proposed $1.7 […]
Posted inEnvironment
Baker says state is at energy crossroads
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER said on Tuesday that Massachusetts and the rest of New England are standing at a crossroads on energy, but it appears he wants to go down a […]
Posted inGambling, The Back Story
The big Indian gamble
Now that the federal government has authorized the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe to take more than 300 acres of land in Taunton and Mashpee into trust, the big question is whether […]
Posted inGambling
Judge skeptical of Boston’s casino challenge
BOSTON, REVERE, AND THE CASINO OPERATOR Mohegan Sun on Tuesday argued they should be allowed to continue their legal challenge to the Massachusetts Gaming Commission’s award of a Greater Boston […]
Posted inThe Back Story, Transportation
The lowdown on Sullivan Square
IF YOU DON’T live in or around Charlestown, chances are you have no idea why so much of the Wynn Resorts casino debate centers around fixing traffic problems in Sullivan […]
Posted inEnvironment
Is Baker having a Cape Wind moment?
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER’S PROPOSAL to import hydropower from Canada would end up raising electricity prices in Massachusetts and have limited impact on reducing carbon emissions, according to a report released […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
Healey, Kraft launch antiviolence initiative
ATTORNEY GENERAL MAURA HEALEY and New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft on Tuesday announced a violence prevention initiative aimed at high school students across the state. With $500,000 from the […]
Posted inEconomy, The Back Story
Rainy day blues
Rainy day funds have a natural rhythm. They shrink during a recession when reserves are drawn down to offset declining tax revenues. Once the economy rebounds and tax revenues start […]